science and religion

With the success of We Believe Ohio et al., progressive religious voices are breaking through…

A new book on the Scopes “Monkey Trial” reveals history through people, images, and good old soap opera.

A standard misconception of the religious right is to privilege sexual “sins” over the sin of, say, a lack of economic justice for women. A story from Genesis 38 retold…

A surgeon explains how traditional Navajo healing modalities can inform medical practice.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author tangles with one of the most fraught questions of the day: “The danger for science is that, if forced to choose between God or evolution, most Americans will choose God.”

Cremation is increasingly acceptable to Jews but is it as ecologically friendly as we’re led to believe?

In some states the law protects parents who rely on faith healing even when the refusal of medical care leads to tragedy.

A praying dog at a Japanese temple, chimpanzees expressing awe at a waterfall: can our animal cousins be religious?

Comedian Ben Stein’s new documentary on the persecution of Intelligent Design advocates in schools is rife with errors and distortions, but there’s much to learn about the failure of science teaching.

Dale and Leilani Neumann, whose daughter Madeline died due to the couple’s belief that illness comes from sin have, despite their trust in Divine intervention, acquired an attorney to protect themselves from the law.